There are already more than 7,000 in the hospital.

Coronavirus: the second wave, the second closure

Later than expected by many, but in mid-November, the Hungarian government also decided to try to curb the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic by introducing restrictions. At the time of the decision, 5,000 new infections had been identified per day and the number of deaths from the virus was mostly between 50 and 100 in 24 hours. The first step is partial closure, but how effective it is is questionable. Follow our news!

The coronavirus was detected in another 6,495 people in Hungary, increasing the number of infected people identified in Hungary to 147,961, the government website koronavirus.gov.hu ​​reported.

Most of the 93 deaths were elderly, chronic patients, so the number of deaths increased to 3,190, and 34,010 have already recovered. The number of active infections is 110,256. 23 percent of the actively infected, 26 percent of the dead and 26 percent of those recovered are from Budapest.

There are already 7,236 coronavirus patients in the hospital, 582 of whom are on ventilators.

According to the information page, a total of 1,360,840 tests have been carried out so far, compared to 1,354,742 the previous day. The difference between the two is only 6,098, which is less than the number of new infections found, so there may be an error in today’s data release.

In Budapest, last day, 790 new infections were registered. In the counties, it developed as follows:

  • Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg: +1505
  • Hajdú-Bihar: +867
  • Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén: +860
  • Plague: +612
  • Peaceful: +281
  • Csongrád-Csanád: +276
  • Veszprém: +215
  • Komárom-Esztergom: +192
  • Heves: +187
  • Bács-Kiskun: +170
  • Baranya +116
  • Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok: +107
  • Győr-Moson-Sopron: +101
  • Nógrád: +53
  • Tolna: +50
  • Somogy: +47
  • Town: +33
  • Fejér: +31
  • Hallway: +12


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